Centrifugal regulator



L. A. DOIGNON CENTRIFUGAL REGULATOR July 12, 1927. 1,635,314

Filed Auz. 29, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 wvmron T label 426.221 720W [7770 IVE)- s l cured to the driven shaft.

mama July 12,1921.

UNITE STATE-S LOUIS ABEL DOIGNON, OI HALAKOFF, FRANCE.

GENTiIFUGAL REGULATOR. I

Application ma sa e so, am, Serial n 3,300, and in France September a, 1m.

The resent invention has for its object to provide an improved regulator which will 'mamtain constant the speed of a driven shaft; such regulator comprising a set of IS bodies which are adjustable as to position and tension and which are rovided with pads or rubbers, these bodies being attached to levers pivoted to a part or member se- (1) to frictionally engage a pulley loose on the driven shaft and actuated by themotor so long as the speed of that shaft is lower than the desired constant speed; and (2) to slip on the loose pulley when the speed of the latter becomes higher than the desired speed,'the phenomenon of slipping resulting in keeping the speed of rotation of the said bodies-that is to say, thespeed of the regulator-absolutely constant as long as the speed of .the loose pulley exceeds the aforesaid desired 5 eed.

In order to 8111316 the invention to be clearly understood, several embodiments thereof have been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, of which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of one embodiment;

Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views of two modifications;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a further and preferred embodiment, designed to permit the speed of the ap aratus to be gradually and very substantia ly changed during op-. eration.

Throughout the several views the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference characters.

Referring to Fig. I, A indicates the shaft 4 which is to be driven at a strictly constant speed, and P is one of its bearings mounted on the frame B of the apparatus. bearing R has a tight frictional fit on a cylindrical shoulder or hub formed. on the bearing P, and a grooved pulley Q is loosely mounted on said hub and is likewise provided at one side with a hub or shoulder, the arrangement being such that the axes of the two hubs and of the pulley exactly coincide with the axis X-Y of shaft A. A suit-able motor M carries adriving pulley P- on its shaft which is belted to pulley Q, so as to transmit thereto the rotation of the driving pulley. w The driven shaft A projects some distance 'nected at opposite ends to arms 0, C and A ballbeyond pulley Q, and on this pro ecting portion-there is secured, by means oi a screw V- or otherwise, a sleeve D which terminates at its outer end in a pair of cross-arms E, E, said sleeve constituting a part or member of-the improved regulator. The arms E. E are formed with terminal forks O, 0' wherein are pivoted the ends of a pair R of arms or levers 'C, C which carry termi- The function of the aforesaid bodies is nal weights or bodies M, M and auxiliary sliding weights m, m the latter being held in adjusted position by set-screws or other fastening devices. The main or terminal weights M. M" are provided with rubbers or pads f, f of fiber, leather, wood. or other suitable material adapted to engage the cir-. cumferential wall orsurface of the hub of pulley Q, toward which they are yieldingly drawn by the action of springs ,r, 1* conto ears or lugs on sleeve D; said springs being adjustable in point of tension by means of nuts G, G.

The operation of the construction above described is substantially as follows: When the motor M? is started, the rubbers f, f first of all stay in contact with the hub of the loose pulley Q, without slipping thereon, and the speed of the regulator increases with that of the motor up to a certain point, wlhen the following phenomenon takes ace:

P At a certain speed of the regulator, which is the standard speed of the apparatus to be driven, the rubbers no longer 'frictionally grip the hub of the loose pulley but slip thereon, sothat no matter how high the speed of the pulley becomes, the peripheral speed of the rubbers and, hence, that of the regulator stays absolutely the same. If the speed of the loose pulley increases, there is a greater slipping of the rubbers; but if the speed decreases, then the slipping lessens;

- and if the speed of thepulley becomes equal to or less than the standard speed mentioned above, then slipping no longer occurs and the speed of the regulator diminishes at the same time as that of the pulley. Briefly, then, the regulator acts as a speed-limiting device. I

The arrangement should be such that even when the motor is operatin v at its poorest the speed of the loose ulfley will still be higherthan the staudar speed beyond which slipping takes place. In such conditions, regardless of the speed of the' auxiliary weights the latter being shiftable motor, the speed of the regulator and, con-- .by an adjusting evice 811111181 to that repsequently, that oi the mechanism to be reguresented in Fig. 2.

lated will remain constant and standard speed.

The improved regulator has been prima- I rily designed for use in connection with the so-called Hughes and Baudot telegraph instruments, but is capable of application gencrally to all up aratus or instruments which require a regu or or constant rotary speed. in the case of a Baudot distributor, it is mounted on the shaft of the flywheel in place of the usual Baudot regulator. The motor M to which the drivin pulley P is attached may operate wit either direct or alternating current of any voltage; but the arran ement should be such that the speed of pulley P will at least equal the standard speed of the regulator when the s eed of the motor dro s from to erfect regulation of tr e distributor is thus obtained through direct drive with any conventional motor even when supplied with current by the poorest sort of means.

if it is desired to vary the speed slightly during operation, this can be done in two ways, the first of which is as follows: I

There is attached to the above-described device which is connect with the slidin weights or, m to enable them to be shifts in either direction alon their supporting arms or levers C, G. Suc device may comprise a pair of diverging rods 6, 6 connected at one end to the aforesaid weights, and at the other end to a block L which is rotatably fitted in a tubular extension or sleeve S rigidly fastened to a casing T that encloses the regulator and is itself attached to the frame B. The block L. has connected to it the inner end of a rod N which is looselg I fitted in the axially-bored stem of a knob page of the apparatus.

and which terminates at its outer end in a shoulder K that fits in a recess in said knob. The stem of the latter is threaded in sleeve S, so that by turning it in either direction an endwisemovement will be imparted to it which can be transmitted to rod N and thence to head L and rods t, t, with the result that the osition of the wei hts m, m is .correspon ingly changed. once, the speed of the re within certain limits without requiring stop in the case of a Hughes instrument, the improved re ator equipped with the weight-adjustln device ust deacri can be attached to t e end of the shaft of the movable body in place of the regulator brake.

If desired the wind s rin r, r can be replaced by leaf sprin Z 3) which are secured to sleeve these leaf spr' having attached'to them rods t, t Whig carry both the main weights and the equal to the l speed during running is illustrated 1n later can be varied at will The second arrangement for varyilig the 1g. 4, which shows the loose pulley Q, belted to the driving pulley P carried by the shaft of the motor M, the latter being mounted in the base orpedestal B of the apparatus Z. In this construction, the loose pulley Q, which is supported on ball-bearin R, is conical in form and is provided wit a term pered or hardened suriace, dressed perfectly smooth, whereon rest the rubbers f carried by the weights M on the adjacent ends of the regulator arms or levers C. These arms are here shown as of tubular formation and as pivotally connected to the ends of a cross- %iece D that constitutes part of the sleeve which latter is keyed to the driven shaft A for sliding movement thereon and is an ported at one end in the ball-bearing The tubular arms C have spiral 5 rings r connected to them to pull the ru bers toward the conical surface of pulley Q.

The auxiliary or adjustable weights are designated m in this form and, as shown,

are slidably fitted in the tubular arms 0,

wherein they are mounted on threaded rods 1' which can be turned in either direction by knobs I in order to shift the position of the weights. The speed-changing operation is here efi'ected by moving bodily as a unit the sleeve D, its cross-piece D, the two hollow arms C and their rubbers ffiwherebv the last-named parts are shifted relative y to the cone pulle Q with which they coact. Accordingl t e casing T of the regulator is provided a extension or sleeve S wherein is slidably fitted an inner sleeve S which encloses and has connected to it the ball-bearing R that is associated with the sleeve D so that the endwise movement of the said inner sleeve S will thus be transmitted to sleeve D. This movement of sleeve S is obtained in providing it with a threaded stem S whi gojects outwardly throu h the threaded re of an operatin knob and is engggzg with the same. e knob U is conn with the fixed sleeve S on casing T and, therefore the rotary movement of said knob WLll produce the desired endwise movement of sleeve S and the consequent adjustment t its outer end with a tubular the corresponding end of the driven shaft A extends, said shaft being coupled at this pointb a sleeveA'toa second shlftAin' axial a inement with it. This shaft'A' is toothed at its other end and supported by a suitable bearing; its toothed A bein designed to mesh with the cat pinion of e apparatus or instrument Z to be regulated which, in the resent instance, is

assumed to be the distri utor of a Baudot transmitter mounted on frame B.

The operation is substantially as follows:

The motor having been started, its motion is transmitted to the cone pulley Q, which is engaged at a certain part thereof by the.

rubbers f and a certain angular speed is thus obtained for shaft A. When knob U is turned in the proper direc'tionto eifect a movementof sleeve S to the ri ht, the ball-bearing R will be forced in t c same direction and, in turn, will shift the regulater unit bodily rightward on shaft A. This movement of the regulator unit will cause the rubbers f to be shifted toward the larger end of pulley Q, whereby the arms C will be spread further apart and the springer will be subjected to greater tensmn. The rubbers will thus be held more tightly against the cone pulley and the regu lator will rotate as a unit at a higher speed. On the other hand, rotation of knob U in a direction to move the regulator unit leftward, will bring the rubbers toward the smaller end of the cone pulley, and the speed of the regulator will proportionately decrease initial adjustment of the speed of the regulator is efiected while the latter is at rest by setting the springs r at the desired tension and positioning the movable ing device connected with the pulley, of a centrifugal regulator for maintaining such speed, said regulator embodying: a sleeve mounted on said shaft to rotate in unsion therewith, a set of swinging arms pivotally connected at one end with the sleeve and provided at the other end with fixed wei hts aving rubbers attached thereto for rictional engagement with the loose pulley, springs connected to said arms to move them inward toward said sleeve so as to press the rubbers against the said pulley, andmanually-operated means for varying the pressure of the rubbers against the pulley while the regulator is rotating and thereby changing its speed.

2. The combination, with a shaft to be constantly driven at a predetermined speed,

a pulley loosely mounted thereon, and a driving device connected with the pulley, of a centrifugal regulator for maintaining such speed, said regulator embodying: a sleeve mounted on said shaft to rotate in unison therewith, a set of swinging arms plvotally connected at one end with the sleeve and provided at the other end with fixed weights having rubbers attached thereto for frictional engagement with the loose pulley, springs connected to said arms to move them inward toward said sleeve so as to press the rubbers against the said pulley, weights vslidably related to said arms to vary the pressure of the rubbers against the pulley, and manually operated means for shifting the slidable weights.

3.-A centrifugal regulator, according to claim 2, in which the swinging arms are hollow, and the sliding weights are disposed therein.

4. A centrifugal regulator, according to claim 2, in which the swinging armsare hollow and receive threaded axial rods there-' in on which the sliding weights are mounted.

5. The combination, with a shaft to be constantly driven at a predetermined speed, a cone pulley loosely mounted thereon, and a; driving device connected with the pulley, of a centrifugal regulator on said shaft to rotate the'same while maintaining such speed; said regulator embodying a sleeve fitted on said shaft and having a threaded stem, a set of swlngin arms connected with said sleeve and provi ed with weights having rubbers attached to them for frictional engagement with said pulley, and springs for pulling said arms inward toward the shaft so as to press the rubbers against the pulley; and a rotatable knob engaged with said'stem to move the same and the sleeve and thereby shift the regulator bodily as a unit in either direction axially of said shaft to engage the rubbers with different portions of the cone ulley and thereby change the speed of the 's aft.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUIS ABEL DOIGNON. 

